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Star Guarded

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MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« on: April 03, 2011, 01:59:15 pm »


Matul Remrit is a dwarf fortress tale that combines Stonesense, artwork, writing, and music to illustrate a run through the game. Each update is from the perspective of a different in-game dwarf, and it's written in a style that replicates the stilted "translated" feel of the in-game text. The story adheres closely to in-game events, except in cases of flavor writing (such as social interactions between the dwarves). It's been running on SomethingAwful for about a year now.

I've seen a few links here before, but I figure I'd give it its own thread for those who haven't seen it yet. A few forumers here contributed to it, such as Deon (contributed custom sprites) and Japa and the Stonesense crew (helpfully fielded questions I had about Stonesense). The website banner (the pixel mule) was designed by Chariot, who generously gave permission to use it.

Some of the media places we've been featured:
KOTAKU - NITROBEARD - BEEFJACK - COMICS ALLIANCE - AFTER ACTION REPORTER - DIGITAL HUMANITIES SPECIALIST - POLYGAMIA - ROCK PAPER SHOTGUN - TIGSOURCE

Hope you enjoy it :)
« Last Edit: July 01, 2011, 03:34:14 pm by Star Guarded »
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2011, 02:28:12 pm »

Thanks for the  DIGITAL HUMANITIES SPECIALIST link! Was a good read!
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2011, 05:00:38 pm »

Matul Remrit is great, I eagerly await each update. I love each aspect of your work. Can't wait for another video!

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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2011, 06:43:38 pm »

Holy Carp that was amazing! *Jaw drops open in sheer epicness bestowed in front of him...*

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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2011, 02:09:40 am »

Just read the whole thing. That was great. I like the broken English and dwarfy slang - it makes it so that some interpreting is required and it ends up feeling like reading another language.
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 02:31:07 am »

I loved the Sherrif XD

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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 06:57:55 am »

Bravemule menaces with spikes of psychosis and awesome.
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2011, 09:36:24 am »

Definitely one of the most original LPs out there. Its writing fits with the theme and style of DF, and I think it's well worth the effort

Also, the production values!
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2011, 10:29:20 am »

awesome
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2011, 10:31:42 am »

"gone"

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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2011, 03:00:21 pm »

Previous Bravemule thread here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=73671.msg1825430#msg1825430

Too bad, I can no longer see the Something Awfull thread without registration, there were some explanations of what was happening in game terms.
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2011, 03:08:30 pm »

Very well done.

The Kotaku guys clearly have o idea what they're talking about.
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« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2011, 04:56:47 pm »

I know OP has plugged the other current SA DF succession game, Gemclod, before and it can't currently be accessed without registration, but I really like if only because it wound up becoming "Dwarf Fortress: The Musical".

I'd link directly to the songs, but I don't know if that would be okay with the songsmith.
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2011, 12:39:40 pm »

Wonderfully done. I think this is my favorite line so far, though.
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Re: MATUL REMRIT: an illustrated dwarf fortress tale
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2011, 02:05:36 pm »

wait, why did I quoted the first post? stupid pc ...


EDIT: The mssing cat is awesome :P ''On the cat is the image of finely designed stripes'' :P
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